Gelf
- Acronym of “genetically-engineered life form”.
- Source
- Red Dwarf
Gimboid
- noun informal
- An incompetent person.
- Origin
- Possibly a pairing of ‘gimp’ and the suffix -oid (resembling).
- Source
- Red Dwarf
Atavachron
- noun
- A device used to prepare a time traveller’s cellular structure and brain patterns for survival in their selected time period.
- Origin
- Derived from atavus (ancestor) and khrónos (time).
- Source
- Star Trek: The Original Series
Deathday
- noun
- The anniversary of a person’s death, celebrated posthumously by a computer simulation of the deceased.
- Source
- Red Dwarf
Patlabor
- noun
- A type of robot originally intended for heavy construction work, adapted for police use to combat crime and terrorism.
- Origin
- Portmanteau of ‘patrol’ and ‘labor’.
- Source
- Mobile Police Patlabor
Holodeck
- noun
- A simulated reality installation.
- Origin
- Derived from ‘holographic’.
- Source
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
Tricorder
- noun
- A multifunction hand-held device used for sensor scanning, analysis and recording of data.
- Origin
- Formed from triplus (triple) and ‘recorder’.
- Source
- Star Trek: The Original Series